Candy Schwartz

Carolyn Susan "Candy" Schwartz (born 1946) is a professor emerita at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University.

Schwartz is a recipient of two awards from ASIST - the Information Science Teacher Award (1994) and the Watson Davis Award for Service (2000) - and was the first recipient of Simmons' Provost Award for Student Centeredness in Graduate Teaching (2016).[1]

Photo Available (Schwartz at right) @ https://www.facebook.com/simmonsslis/photos/a.10155302739754264/10155302739934264/?type=3

Life

Carolyn Schwartz, known as Candy Schwartz in her publications and professional life, was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1946.[2] She attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with honors in 1969 and a Master of Library Science in 1974.[3] During her master's, she worked as a Teaching Assistant; after graduation, she worked as a cataloging librarian at Concordia University (1974-1976). In 1977, Schwartz began doctoral studies at Syracuse University, and she received her Ph.D. in information transfer in 1986.

Candy Schwartz retired in December 2017.

She is an avid reader of Tolkien and regularly attended the Celtic Connections music festival in Glasgow, Scotland (2005 photo) with her husband Simon Schwartz.[4]

Contributions

Schwartz accepted a faculty position at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1980 and remained there for over 35 years.[5] Schwartz introduced several technology courses at Simmons - web design, database management, information architecture, digital libraries, and a "boot camp" tech competency - before they were standard elements of any LIS curriculum. From 2005 to about 2015, students in her LIS 462 Digital Libraries class digitized scrapbooks from the Simmons College Archives, covering all aspects of the production process.[6] The "Notable Women of Simmons College" project continues under LIS 462, renamed as Digitization Project Planning and Management.[7][8] Schwartz also taught workshops and lectured internationally, including at McGill, Dalhousie, the University of Arizona, the Hong Kong Institute of Science and Technology, and several universities in Thailand.

Schwartz served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Library & Information Science Research from 1993 to 2009, contributing three journal editorials annually.[9] Schwartz' columns provide notable advice for doctoral students about publishing their research. She authored three books, including Sorting out the Web: Approaches to subject access (2000). She published numerous articles, journals, and collaborative papers on the field and future of library science.

Schwartz was the Co-P.I. of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded grant to institute a doctoral concentration in managerial leadership (2005-2008).[10]

Schwartz was extensively involved in ASIS&T and served as Chair of the Classification Research SIG (1981-1983), Chair of the New England Chapter (1983-1984), Director-at-Large (1989-1992), and Chair of the Membership Committee (1992-1994). She served as the Simmons student chapter Faculty Advisor for three terms between 1982 and 2006, and was also Faculty Advisor to Simmons' Beta Beta chapter of Beta Phi Mu (1988-1989). She was elected and served as ASIS&T President in 1998-1999. Schwartz also served as President of Documentation Abstracts, Inc. in 1991-1994.

Publications

• Schwartz, C. (2018). Farewell and 2018 acknowledgements. Library & Information Science Research 40(3–4): 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2018.10.001
• Schwartz, C. (2017). Library and Information science research, then and now. Library & Information Science Research 39(1): 61-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2017.01.010
• Schwartz, C., Hernon, P. (2015). Exploring the library's contribution to the academic institution: Research agenda. Library & Information Science Research 37(2): 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2015.05.001
• Hernon, P., Dugan, R. E., & Schwartz, C. (2006). Revisiting outcomes assessment in higher education. Libraries Unlimited.
• Schwartz, C. (2001). Sorting out the Web: approaches to subject access. Ablex.
• Schwartz, C. (2000). Digital libraries: an overview. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 26(6): 385–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(00)00159-2
• Schwartz, C., & Hernon, P. (1993). Records management and the library: Issues and practices. Ablex Pub. Corp.[11]

Awards

• Provost Award for Student Centeredness in Graduate Teaching, Simmons College 2016
• ASIS&T Watson Davis Award, 2000
• ASIS New England Chapter, Distinguished Contribution in Information Science Award, 1998
• ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher of the Year, 1994
• Syracuse University Fellow, 1977-79

Further Reading

1. "Candy Schwartz" Wikipedia.[12]
2. "candy.schwartz" THATcamp.[13]
3. "Candy@ : About". gslis.simmons.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-12-20.[14]
4. "Carolyn Susan (Candy) Schwartz" (PDF). gslis.simmons.edu. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-06.[15]
5. "Prof. Candy Schwartz: Love What You Do and Have Fun". simmons.edu. 2017-10-20. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17.[16]
6. "Meet Our Members: Candy Schwartz". ASIS&T. 2015-02-13. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03.[17]